I'm so sorry about your Kyla...and glad you have adopted another friend.
Cyndi
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From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [mailto:owner-gardenchat@hort.net] On
Behalf Of Jesse Bell
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 11:54 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] OMG - it's weather!
Kyla was an Anatolian Shepherd and she was GREAT. But, somehow she got
out of the yard and was hit on the highway in front of our house. I was
devastated. So one of these gourds will be decorated in her memory.
She died about the same time Sugar (Pam's cat) died. I just loved that
dog. *sighhhhhh* So, I adopted a 3 year old male Welsh (Pembroke)
Corgi. He is awesome. I think from now on, that is the only breed of
dog I will ever have.
james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
2007 has been the Year of the Pepper for me, Jesse. No gourds... but
in retrospect, I wish I'd grown some luffa. The last I grew those was
about 8-9 years ago and I peeled my last dried "sponge" a week ago.
Might also be a good test of seed viability after all this time.
Kyla sounds like my kind of dog or, I should say, the kind of dog I've
always had when I've had them. Which may be why I don't have dogs any
more [just kidding].
On Aug 30, 2007, at 12:34 PM, Jesse Bell wrote:
> Did you grow gourds this year Jim? My dog planted some for me. I
> bought the seeds and was going to plant some, then walked outside one
> day and realized that Kyla had torn open all of my seed packets and
> they were scattered and/or eaten by her. Great. With the wet, wet
> spring I just never bothered to plant them. Kyle did. She scattered
> them over to a corner in the side yard and now I have four round
> gourds the size of a basketball growing on my fence. I turned them
> this morning to keep an indention from growing on one side where they
> hang on the fence. They are getting HEAVY. They are cool. I've never
> grown this kind before.
>
>
> james singer wrote:
> I know the feeling. I went to the Fresno County fair one year and the
> winner in the gourd division [or whatever] was a bushel gourd that
> could have easily been called a 3-bushel gourd. It was as big as a
> nail keg. I was consumed with envy. I scribbled down the exhibitor's
> name and city and tried to find him/her, but never did. If I had, I
> probably would have been arrested for gourd stalking.
>
> On Aug 30, 2007, at 10:58 AM, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:
>
>> Look, up in the sky - too big for a bird, can't be a plane - no, they
>> are clouds! Clouds by golly and what is that bright light? Lightning!
>> And thunder! And - wait for it - RAIN! Okay so maybe it's only a
>> tenth of an inch but there was definitely water falling from the sky,
>> I can see puddles. Didn't rain on me of course, I think when you want
>> it bad enough it goes somewhere else. But we must have followed it
>> all the way into work.
>> It is still pretty warm though and yesterday was just seriously hot.
>> I got into the car after my lunchtime yoga class and I was really
>> thirsty, decided to have a drink from the bottle of water I'd left in
>> the car.
>> I
>> knew it would be pretty warm water but I actually scalded myself a
>> little. Wow. We took the horses to our team penning lesson at 7:00
>> and we were all out there sweating like horses, and not much better
>> at 11:00 when we got home. I don't know how you folks in humid
>> climates can do anything.
>> I am looking forward to 5 days at home starting tomorrow, although it
>> is supposed to be hot like this so I don't know how much gardening
>> I'll get done, but if I can't stand to be out there is still plenty
>> to do inside.
>> My new range will show up Tuesday. Husband has the entire next week
>> off work and I'm steadily increasing the length of his honey-do list,
>> although it's more of a suggestion list in truth.
>> Our local paper had an article about the woman who has won the most
>> points in the fair's garden competition for the last five years. She
>> entered something like 82 categories!! I was consumed with jealousy.
>> Of
>> course if I were retired like her I could probably do that too
>> (leaving aside the fact we now have other things to eat up our free
>> time when we're retired) but, but, I can't help it, I'm jealous.
>>
>> Cyndi
>>
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> Island Jim
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> Sunset Zone 25
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Heat Zone 10
Sunset Zone 25
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Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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